THQ signs German publishing deal for Gods and Heroes

@echoMateria Judging from that picture: scantily-clad women. It's like they haven't seen any of the other countless MMOs out there.

@echoMateria

Brutal opinion incoming from ~3 hours of gameplay.

Setting: Rome, somewhat unique although maintaining generic fantasy elements
Interface: Painfully generic, and cluttered
Combat: Standard MMO affair, a bit unresponsive.
Graphics: Western, "realistic" but dull, animations sometimes choppy or inaccurate
Unique Aspects:
Big focus on minions (shouldn't these be called cohorts in a roman setting?), every class has underlings that follow you around, I don't know if this means end game encounters with groups of players will have dozens of these little guys running around as I mentioned I only played 3 hours.

Home: Not really unique as many games have housing systems, but you start with one here, you build up and even get quests from.

Why should you play this game instead of every other MMO?
You love the roman setting, you like pet classes, you like the idea of end game practically having armies at your disposal. You like your personal home to develop in game.

@Daverator A cohort was the basic tactical unit of a Roman legion consisting of six "centuries" or centuria of 80 men, each commanded by a centurion assisted by junior officers.

So no, cohort wouldn't be more appropriate than minion. Slave however would be entirety more appropriate, but due to reasons of political correctness there's no way that's going to happen.

For the most part though I agree with your assessment of GaH. I love Rome, truly do, but even I won't be playing this game.

@bleyzwun

Apparently getting a distribution deal in Germany is news now.

I'm not sure how it speaks to the quality of the game though. I experienced similar disappointment in beta testing since last August.